[Intro Riff 1 - BPM - 82] E Emaj7 A/C# B/D# E Emaj7 A/C# B/D# [Intro Riff 2] E Esus4 E E Esus4 E Esus4 E E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 1] They [A] paved paradise and put up a parking [E] lot With a [A] pink hotel, a [B] boutique, and a [E] swinging hot spot
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 2] They [A] took all the trees and put 'em in a tree mu [E] seum And they [A] charged all the people [B] twenty-five bucks [E] just to see 'em
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 3] [A] Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DD [E] T now Give me [A] spots on my apples but [B] leave me the birds and the [E] bees, please
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 4] [A] Late last night I heard the screen door [E] slam And a [A] big yellow taxi [B] carried off my old [E] man
[Chorus] [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot [E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go (snare on all As and Es at end) That you [A] don't know what you've got [A] till [A] it's [E] gone They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[End]
[Old Notes] BPM - 82 INTRO 1 - [EBAB] x 2 Barre chords at 7th fret INTRO 2 at 7th fret - [E Esus4] VERSE 1 "Paved paradise" [A A A A , E E E E (put sus4 phrase in) , A A B B E E E E] CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] VERSE 2 Drums - "Took all the trees" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E] CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] 2 Shoos VERSE 3 "Hey farmer" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E] CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] "Paved" twice above - then intro 2 chords Solo - Verse chords CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] VERSE 4 "Late last night" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E] 2 down strums til its gone to 1 down strum to E for emphasis CHORUS x 2 - "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E] "Paved paradise, paved paradise, steamrolled paradise" x 3 Intro 2 chords at double time Then intro 1 to go out
[Em]Four seasons [D/F#]in one [G]day [Am]Lying in the [Amb7-x02212] depths of your imagination [Em]Worlds above and [D/F#]worlds [G]below The [Am]sun shines on the [Amb7]black clouds Hanging over the do[C]main [Bm]Even when you're feeling [C]warm The [Bm]temperature could drop a[Am]way Like [D]four seasons in one [G]day
[Em]Smiling as the [D/F#]shit comes [G]down [Am]You can tell a [Amb7]man from what he has to say [Em]Everything gets [D/F#]turned A[G]round And [Am]I will risk my [Amb7]neck again [C] [Bm]You can take me where you [C]will [Bm]Up the creek and through the [Am]mill Like [Bm]all the things you [C]can't explain [D]Four seasons in one [G]day
[C]Blood dries [G]up (harmony A C D) Like [D]rain, like [Em]rain [C]Fills my [G]cup [D]Like four seasons in one [Em]day
[Instrumental] - with D chord line you can let go of D chord to get 5th fret on E if leave low open strings ringing
E -0-2-3-0--2-3-5-2--3-t10-7----8-7-5---7-------7-------- B -0--------3--------3-----8----5-----8-7-8-7-8---10-8-7 G -0--------2--------0-----7----5-------8-mute with thumb after strum D -2--------0--------0-----9----5-------7--------------- A -2--------0--------x-----10---0-------9--------------- E -0--------2--------3------------------7---------------
Play basic arps [Em][D/F#][G] "It"
[Am]doesn't pay to [Amb7]make predictions [Em]Sleeping on an [D/F#]unmade [G]bed [Am]Finding out wher[Amb7]ever there is comfort There is [C]pain [Bm]Only one step a[C]way Like [D]four seasons in one [G]day
[C]Blood dries [G]up Like [D]rain, like [Em]rain [C]Fills my [G]cup [D]Like four seasons in one [Em]day (D D D D A B - harmony at end) [End]
[Extra notes] 2 styles of snare - one is muted strum down so subtler than direct slap against strings second style is light thumb on wood